Meaning of spectrum disorder | Babel Free

Definitions

A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.

Examples

“However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom.”

“Today, many researchers believe that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.”

“[T]he proportion of relatives shown as affected with schizophrenia actually consists of definite plus uncertain diagnoses of schizophrenia plus a hard-to-define category of "schizophrenia spectrum disorder".”

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